CEOs Against Cancer

Fighting Cancer as Only Business Leaders Can

CEOs Against Cancer is a powerful group of executives committed to saving lives and improving their company's bottom line. CEOs from the world's top companies are uniting to change the course of cancer to leverage the collective knowledge, power, and resources of the American Cancer Society.

Fit2Be Cancer Free CEO Fitness Challenge

In recognition of National Cancer Control Month, the CEOs Against Cancer® program will be hosting the Fit2BeCancerFree 2018 CEOs Challenge on April 18. Together, chapter members will step together during this workday step-tracking event to encourage their colleagues, friends, and community to get active.

There are more than 500 members of the American Cancer Society CEOs Against Cancer program who represent a powerful network that includes the most prominent names in business today. Members bring the passion, expertise and resources needed to prevent, treat and cure this disease, which costs U.S. employers $225.8 billion each year.

Cancer also has a negative impact on employment patterns with studies estimating 36 percent of employees do not return to work following treatment for cancer.4,5

An analysis of health care expenditures indicate that while cancer related disease accounted for 1 percent of a typical employers health care claims, it equated to 10 percent of health care cost.6

Cancer is the disease employees fear most and will touch 1 in 4 Americans in their lifetime.7

Making an Impact

The business sector is uniquely positioned to lead the fight against cancer — and to realize a return on their investment. Consider this:

More than one-third of all cancers are related to modifiable lifestyle factors that include lack of physical activity, inappropriate dietary practices and tobacco use.8

Prevention programs, such as tobacco cessation, as well as regular screenings, are proven methods of decreasing cancer risk among employees, increasing early diagnosis, and increasing overall direct and indirect cost savings.9

Some of the biggest successes and most effective weapons in the war on cancer –early detection and prevention – are not being used as effectively as they could be.10

By becoming a member of CEOs Against Cancer, you become part an elite community poised to save the most lives from cancer. Your membership will help your employees, their families and communities save more lives from cancer.